[MoreWhisky]

On my travels today drove past one of those small local independant garden centres so went in for a look.

What caught my eye was a lovely looking Blueberry bush about half metres high with some flowers on to  priced at £16 

So what i would like advice with if possible is,

Is this a good price?
Will i get fruit this yr?
And i understand they like acidic soil mine is alkaline so how could i quickly make it acidic?
Any think else i should know?

Im seriously thinking of going to buy this bush tomorrow 

[gobs]

I don't think it's a good price at all. Keeping it in a large pot of eracious compost is the easy way to go, more so, if you have some smaller/dwarf variety. But here you go:

http://www.blackmoor.co.uk/index.php?cPath=303

[violet61]

A bit expensive Have you tried Homebase or Wilkinsons? I bought 1 from each, only small, but only a few quid, I put them in a pot each, both now covered in flowers, hopefully berries to follow 

[MoreWhisky]

Thanks for all your advice and links, Ive got a 80 mile drive on sat so plan on going  country route and stopping in every garden centre i pass.

Should make it a more intresting drive 

[sclarke624]

I think they average about £9 to £12.

thats a nice link Gobs, having a read of the site.

[MoreWhisky]

Well i did my drive and stopped in at 5 garden centres i passed.

Blueberry bushes ranged from £14.99 to the cheapest at £5.99.

As i expected the best looking bush was from a local small independant nursery that also happened to be £5.99! So i bought 2 

I am finding the smaller local ones always hold the best quality stuff if they have got what your looking for.

Result MW.

[Yorkie]

Feel free to add details of the independent nursery to the sticky thread, MW